Art of candle making



Sept. 12, 1933. A, BERGER 1,926,362

ART OF CANDLE MAKING Filed May 20, 1931 Z. Z Z0 20 I N VEN TOR.

-a ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 12, 1933 V UNITED ATE 1,926,362 p ARTOFTCANDLE MAKING A loisL. Berger, oshkoshpwis Application May 20, 193i.Serial No; 538,679 2 Claims. (01. 1827 l i This invention relates toimprovements in the art of candle making, and specifically to anapparatus for making wax and tallow candles. A general object of theinvention is to provide ,a simple and eflicient instrumentality foreffecting commercial exploitation of the method of forming, in afinished manner, a plural number of candles in one operation.

, Most forms of candles are provided with" tapered and fluted lowerextremities whereby the candles'may be inserted and retained in candleholders and held vertically for use. Heretofore, the formation of thetapered, fluted end portion of. a candle has presented a difiicultproblem'and inmost of the prior, commercially practical candle makingmechanisms it was necdition formed with the tapered fluted endpor tion,and no more operations are required on the candle. v I

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a candle mold havingmeans for positively centering and alining the candle wick so that inthe finished candle the wick will extend correctly'centrally through thecandle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device for formingcandles which is very simple, which is inexpensive and is expedient, andis well adapted for the purpose set forth.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of theimproved device for forming candles, and its parts, steps andcombinations, as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the improvedcandle mold;

Fig. 2 is a plan view' thereof;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional vie taken on line 33 of Fig.1; and

Fig. 4 is a front view of the candle mold.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will appear that theimproved candle mold includes atwo-part elongated major portion formedof a pair of complementary hingedtogether plate members 8, mounted uponsuitable supporting legs.9. Theplate members'8 are formed, withcomplementary candle forming semi-circular. vertically extendingrecesses 10. The lower portions of the recesses 10 are somewhat reducedand rounded and tapered, as at 11, and said portions of the molds fromtheupper ends of the finished candles formed in the molds. Below eachportion 11 grooves and notches 12-are formed in "one 'of' the moldplates8. There'is removable positioned on the upper end portion of thecomplementary mold sections 8 an end forming mold bar13. Said mold bar13 is not of split formation and has extending theretlirough in spacedapart relation, tapered and ribbed recesses 14 which register with thecomplementaryrecesses 10 in the mold sections 8. Said taperedfand ribbedrecesses 14 are ar ranged to form on the ultimate ends of candlestapered and fluted lower ends. The end forming 5 mold bar 14 isremovably. held in position on the members 8, with the openings 14 inregistration with the recesses lo by means of depending pins 15 whichextend into'recesses therefor in the top portions of the mold sections8. V

' The inner end portion of the mold bar 13 carries an upstanding hingepin 16 on which is hingedly mounted inner end portions of acomplementary split or two-part top mold section 1'7. The sections ofthe mold part 1'7 form in their enclosed relation-a funnel-like cavitydesignated by the numeral 18, and the bottom wall of said cavity isprovided with a plurality of spaced apart relatively small circularopenings 19 which register with the upper ends of the openings 14 inthemold bar 13. An upper edge portion of one of the sections of the moldmember 17 carries spaced apart upstanding binding 12- at the lower endof the mold sections 8.

Each string is then drawn vertically centrally through recesses 10, 14and '19 and through a centering projection 22 carried by a binding postand then the upper end of each wick-forming string is tightly clamped intaut condition by the adjacent binding post 20, vI as'shown. The frontend portions of the mold sectionsS carry complementary lugs 23 andclamping bolts 10 24. Also, the sectionsof theupper mold mem- PATENT vOFFICE is poured into the upper end of the mold through V thefunnel-like cavity 18 and said molten material, o'f course, gravitatesthrough the various openings and recesses 'and' completely fills all ofthe cylindrical recesses 10 and the. tapered fluted recesses 14. Afterthe pouring operation, the mold may be immediately immersed in coldwater to cool the candle material; The top section 1'7 is next openedand the ends of the wick strings 21 may be cut or severed from thebinding posts 20. The next stepis toliftthe mold p trough havingrestrlcted discharge holes combar 13 vertically from the mold sections 8whereby the mold bar 13 becomes removed from and frees the flutedtapered end portions of the formed candles. Last-ly, the r'nain molds'ections 8 arereleased and opened with'respect to one another and thecompleted candles may then a be removed from the molds. In Figure 1 theends of the wicks projecting fromthe upper and 3 lower ends of thecandles may beaccurately trimmed,

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the presentinvention provides a very simple candle mold for completely'formingtherein a plural number of candles, the candle mold providesfor theformation on the candles of the desired tapered fluted ends and alsoinsures positive centralizing of the wicks in the candles.

dtrically with said cavities and also having tapered ribbed throughopenings, the larger ends of which register with the ends of saidcavities,

Va distributing trough split along said plane and coaeting, with theopposite side of said bar, said municating with the smaller ends of saidtapered openings, and means for holding a wick centrally within each setof said holes, openings and cavities. v 4

:2'. A: candle mold comprising, a main mold having a seriesLof parallelcylindricalw cavities therein, said mold being split into complementarysections along aplane disposed longitudinally and centrally of saidcavities, means for pivotally connecting and for; clamping saidsectionstogeth'en'a one-piece bar having a series of intesaid projections andregister with the ends I of said cavities, a distributing trough splitalong said plane and .coacting with the opposite side of said bar, saidtrough having a. series of restricted discharge holes communicating withand-centralized relative to thesmaller ends of 11.5

said tapered openings, -and means for-:releasabl'y holding a wickcentrally within each alined set of said holes, openings andcavities.

